This week's National Tender Bulletin sees government in a lull following the Presidency handover.
National Treasury unveils the vulekamali online portal to allow ordinary South Africans to access annual budget information.
Government pins its hopes on an ICT commission, as it looks to dust off SA's patchy progress in ICT and keep up with rapid tech changes.
The Internet Service Providers' Association sees SA's telecoms regulation as endless sets of policy implementation decisions and failures.
Microsoft SA, YES to equip 300 000 youth with AI skills
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The agency calls time on being abused for following principled processes, and seeks an investigation into the Eastern Cape's broadband project.
PSICT Forum - Digital literacy and leadership for public service excellence
In his first SONA tonight, President Cyril Ramaphosa said government will finalise engagements with telcos to ensure the allocation of spectrum.
PPPs to fast-track digital transformation
Hosted in partnership with ITWeb Brainstorm and BCX, a Public Sector in ICT Forum event took place at Protea Fire & Ice in Menlyn on 17 August. Attendees could benchmark with industry leaders who have entered successful PPPs and engage in meaningful conversation to foster change in the digital journey of both the public and private sector. #ppp #digitaltransformation #bcx
Net1 CEO Herman Kotze cautions that the new SASSA paymaster needs to maintain integrity of the verification systems to save government billions.
The Limpopo government appoints Altron's Altech Radio Holdings to establish an affordable, secure, open access broadband network.
Despite ongoing public scrutiny, the Net1 subsidiary is not against being SASSA's white knight to ensure uninterrupted social grant payments.
The social grants paymaster sees no need to continue the relationship beyond 31 March, despite SASSA's appeal for its services for another six months.
In partnership with Britehouse, Emerge Queue installed the Qmatic Orchestra 6.2 queuing system at the Motor Vehicle Licence Renewal Department.
Blockchain spending in the Middle East and Africa will reach $81 million this year, pushed by cross-border payments and identity management.